MIFF

The Melbourne International Film Festival has been going on this month; I've gone to a couple films so far and hope to see a third this weekend. We saw Night, an Australian documentary about "the universal nature of night". The cinematography was stunning and I loved the music as well. The film ended with audience applauding, so I think most enjoyed it. Yesterday I saw Lady Chatterley, which I was interested in from reading the D.H. Lawrence novel, and because it had a female director. It's a huge 'awakening'/love story. It was good- I thought the lead actress was very talented- but a bit long, and no applause at the end from the audience this time. I actually liked the book more. Some people left before the end, and I heard people muttering, 'well, it was French' as we were exiting the theater. Tomorrow night, we hope to catch a New Zealand film, Black Sheep, which is a combination horror/comedy about sheep who've become "savage killers". It looks pretty crazy, along the lines of 'Shaun of the Dead' perhaps.